genus calvatia

1. 1.

   genus of puffballs having outer casings whose upper parts break at maturity into angular pieces to expose the spores

   SynonymsCalvatia

   Broaderfungus genus

   Part ofLycoperdaceae

Questions about genus calvatia

What does genus calvatia mean?

genus calvatia means "genus of puffballs having outer casings whose upper parts break at maturity into angular pieces to expose the spores".

What is another word for genus calvatia?

Close synonyms include Calvatia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus calvatia a common word?

genus calvatia is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.